2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for the Lord'S house to be built.
3 Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your cieled houses, while this house lieth waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways,
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.